Lawrence Ferlinghetti Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, DOB(Famous Birthday), Family, Wife, Net Worth

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti)

Last Updated: 07 Feb, 2023 | Views: 212

Age: 101

Profession: Poet

Other Profession(s): Painter, Essayist, Social Activist, Publisher

Famous For: Co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

Higher Education: Chapel Hill (BA), Columbia University (MA), University of Paris (PhD)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Birth Date, Sign, Religion, Nationality, Hometown

Date of Birth
24 Mar, 1919 (101 Years 10 Months 29 Days)
Birth Country
United States
Birth State/Province
New York
Birth District
Yonkers
Birth Sign
Aries
Nationalities
American
Died on
22 Feb, 2021
Cause of Death
Interstitial Lung Disease

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Early life, Education, Career, Awards, Achievements, Controversy, Unknown Facts

About (Profile/Biography):
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti was born on March 24, 1919, and died on February 22, 2021. Besides being a poet and painter, he was also a social activist and founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), Ferlinghetti's second collection of poems, was translated into nine languages and sold over a million copies. He also wrote fiction, plays, art criticism, and film narrations. Ferlinghetti's birthday was declared "Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day" in San Francisco when he turned 100 years old in March 2019.
Career:
As a sports writer, he began his journalism career with The Daily Tar Heel and published his first short stories in Carolina Magazine, a magazine that Thomas Wolfe had edited.
A 1947 Columbia University graduate with a thesis on John Ruskin and J. M. W. Turner. 
Upon moving to San Francisco in 1951, he founded a lighting company called City Lights with Peter D. Martin in North Beach in 1953.
The Italian artistic, literary movement IMMAGINE&POESIA elected Ferlinghetti to its Honour Committee in 2009.
It was he who initiated the transformation of Jack Kerouac Alley, located adjacent to his store, in 1987.
Awards:
Los Angeles Times' Robert Kirsch Award
ACLU Earl Warren Civil Liberties Award
Literarian Award
Death:
In February 2021, Ferlinghetti died at 101 from interstitial lung disease.
Unknown Trivia:
As a result of Ferlinghetti's publication of Allen Ginsberg's Howl, he was tried under the First Amendment in 1957, where he was acquitted of charges relating to the publication of an obscene work.
 

 

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Height, Weight, Eye Color, Hair

Height (Approx.)
In Centimeters 172 cm
In Meters 1.72 m
In feet Inches 5'8"
Weight (Approx.)
In Kilograms 72 Kg
In Pounds 158 lbs
Eye Color
Brown
Hair Color
White

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Family, Parents, Kids, Father, Mother, Children

Father's Name
Carlo Ferlinghetti
Mother's Name
Lyons Albertine Mendes-Monsanto
Spouse
Selden Kirby-Smith
Son(s)
Lorenzo Ferlinghetti
Daughter(s)
Julie Ferlinghetti
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